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I recently started a new application for my mother. After 1.5 months of applying I’ve only now received the Biometrics payment request letter – paid for it and uploaded the receipt. People who’ve applied for visitor TRVs recently, what are timelines these days? Realistically how long until the...

I recently started a new application for my mother. After 1.5 months of applying I’ve only now received the Biometrics payment request letter – paid for it and uploaded the receipt. People who’ve applied for visitor TRVs recently, what are timelines these days? Realistically how long until the...

All the new India-related restriction updates, both for direct and indirect flights, have been added here in detail now: https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/india

Spoke to Public Health Agency of Canada some time back: as of today the PCR test restrictions will remain as is until Nov 21st, viz., travellers from India will need to continue to do the test in a third country. They said this restriction was originally only up to Sep 21, but they've fallen...

In the same boat. My in-laws have a 1-stop flight to Toronto (via FRA) next week. I was told by one of my politically-connected agent friends that this rule will exist for all major Indian airports starting Sep 22, viz., RT-PCR test at the airport facility within 18 hours, and will apply to...

Can someone help me understand how are people able to get into Canada by staying only 1-3 days in a third country (Mexico, Maldives, etc.), when the diplomatic statement says "they will have to stay in that third country for 14 days"? Is immigration at Canadian airports simply not asking Indian...

Congrats! Had you sent a webform request (or email) to prioritize your application? If so, when?

Right, makes sense – so, similar to Biometrics Collection Letter, there's a passport submission letter that one simply needs to wait for once Biometrics has been completed.

Would highly appreciate if someone can shed light on this.

Can someone please explain to me what this webform is for? My in-laws have completed Biometrics enrolement, and they're waiting for next steps for their visitor visa application. My assumption is that they just have to wait now until IRCC sends them a passport request. At which point they'll...

Yeah, as @rower said, Biometrics services have now resumed for all visa categories. My in-laws booked their appointment online (through this link) and were able to go to the VAC and submit Biometrics.

My in-laws submitted Biometrics at a VAC in India earlier this week. The application status in their IRCC account now shows Biometrics completed. They've also filled out IRCC's travel exemption enquiry web form to get their application prioritized. What now? Do they need to do anything else from...

I'm looking to get biometrics done for my in-laws (who already have PHAC approval) from Nepal. For people who've successfully submitted biometrics in Nepal, can you please share some details on how you did it? Is it as straight-forward as booking biometrics appointment at one of the Nepal VFS...

This is great, thanks @suvi1823 !

Yeah, definitely wouldn't make her travel before her second vaccine dose is done AND she has US travel insurance.

Yeah, passport submission is the big question mark in the US. Biometrics would be done, but would she have to mail her passport from US to Indian VFS? Or have to travel back to India? Or can passport submission happen in the US itself? Would passport submission get skipped completely, and she'll...

Has anyone done Biometrics in the US? My mother-in-law recently received her PHAC, and she currently has a valid US visa. We're considering bringing her to the US to submit Biometrics, and complete rest of the application there. Has anyone does so? If/when she has submitted Biometrics in the US...

Couldn't agree more. It's critical to have at least one parent around to be able handle the final few weeks of pregnancy, and more importantly, the postpartum weeks (after birth). Anyone who says one spouse can take care of everything, on top of their existing job and/or supporting existing...

That is possible. What I have seen happening is that – after PHAC – some people are getting itinerary request, whereas others are getting another letter saying they still need to submit missing documents – i.e. Biometrics. The latter happened with one of my close friends also. So my assumption...

Yes, your day of travel and flight numbers are printed on the TRV. I'm not sure about rescheduling, but I would definitely not risk doing so. I'd recommend you have a firm date in mind, and book it accordingly. Ah, no your normal TRV will not get processed separately – the PHAC and itinerary...